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Two pulses in a stretched string whose centres are initially 8 cm apart are moving towards each other as shown in figure. The speed of each pulse is 2 cm/s. After 2 seconds, the total energy of the pulses will be
- zero
- purely kinetic
- purely potential
- partly kinetic and partly potential
The correct answer is: purely kinetic
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